Long time member & lurker (pre-hack), but not much of a poster.
I recently started a new job after moving that mean’s I should be able to do a bit of commuting again, I used to commute 12 miles each way mainly along the Kennet & Avon canal into Newbury, although that was 6 years ago and my riding over the past couple of years has been minimal…
Job is in Royal Wootton Basset and I’ll be coming from Chippenham to anyone who knows the area, planned route is around 16 miles each way, mainly country lanes with a small amount of track. I was thinking of starting just twice a week and only half a round trip journey, ie drive in Monday, ride home and ride back in Tuesday morning to get some sort of fitness back up, sound plan?
I plan to use my older 26″ HT a Sanderson Life, which is setup with SLX groupset, Fox 120mm forks and folding Racing Ralph tyres. Whilst the tyres are reasonably light and roll ok, would I benefit from buying some sort of semi-slicks, which don’t weight a ton?
Only other thought was for some Exotic Carbon forks to save a bit of weight, but not sure if it’s worth it… or should I focus on any other area?
Pic of bike, if it works;
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMjYHMuHitdWRkv5E-nS2aaV_nDetaVzemLRYxcRr0beZA1qqXabz-ZuN8iYTFpiA?key=U3VqcjRBaHZ1NEJEUi04V25CM1dVeXBJdlRpb0FR%5B/img%5D